Most publications listed here are available in PDF.  If you do not have Adobe Reader on your computer, you can download it for free.

Through the Looking Glass: A Field Guide to Aquatic Plants
This delightful, large-format field guide to aquatic plants in North America is accessible and inviting to general readers, yet detailed enough for use by botanists and natural resource managers.

Aquatic Invasive Species: A Guide for Proactive and Reactive Management (Vilas County)

Aquatic Invasive Species Publications listing

Training Manuals

Water Clarity - Secchi Monitoring
Wisconsin Citizen Lake Monitoring Training Manual  (revised 2007)  (full version, 5MB PDF)

Aquatic Invasive Species
AIS Monitoring Procedures - CLMN Training Manual  (full version, 4MB)

Individual Chapters
Table of Contents and Contacts
1) AIS Getting Started
2) Eurasian Watermilfoil
3) Curly-leaf Pondweed
4) Purple Loosestrife
5) Rusty Crayfish
6) Zebra Mussels
7) Chinese and Banded Mystery Snails
8) Waterflea
9) Jellyfish
Glossary - AIS Monitoring Procedures - CLMN Training Manual

Lakes with Invasives
Banded Mystery Snail Presence by County (4/2/2008)
Chinese Mystery Snails Presence by County (4/2/2008)
Curly-leaf Pondweed Presence by County (4/2/2008)
Eurasian Water-Milfoil Presence by County (4/2/2008)
Freshwater Jellyfish Presence by County (4/2/2008)
Purple Loosestrife Distribution map
Rusty Crayfish Presence by County (4/2/2008)
Spiny Waterflea Presence by County (4/2/2008)
Zebra Mussel Presence by County (4/2/2008)

For more information contact Laura Herman, Citizen Lake Monitoring Network Education Specialist, 715/346-3989  lherman@uwsp.edu

Or go to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources site at http://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/CLMN/ (exit to DNR)